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Biology - Neurons and Nerve Impulse transmission

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Nerve impulse transmission refers to the ability of the neuron to...

a)

reproduce

b)

receive an chemical signal

c)

produce sodium or potassium

d)

send an electrochemical signal

2.

A change in the external environment that initiates an impulse is known as a

a)

synapse

b)

response

c)

stimulus

d)

receptor

3.

The voltage difference between the inside (-) and the outside (+) of the neuron in the resting state is called........

a)

neutral state

b)

active transport

c)

action potential

d)

resting membrane potential

4.

Action potential refers to

a)

a very positive charge inside and outside of the neuron

b)

a very negative charge inside and outside of the neuron

c)

a change of charge between the inside and outside of the neuron

d)

action outside the membrane that cause the neuron's membrane to close all its pores

5.

Which structures in a human transmit electrochemical messages?

a)

veins

b)

neurons

c)

nephrons

d)

lymph vessels

6.

Which of the following gate opens during depolarization

a)

Na+ gates

b)

K+ gates

c)

Na+/K+ pump

d)

H+ pump

7.

Which of the following gate opens during repolarization

a)

Na+ gates and Na+/K+ pump

b)

K+ gates and Na+/K+ pump

c)

Na + and K+ gates

d)

Na+ gates only

8.

During depolarization outside of the cell is ......... charged and inside of the cell is............ charged

a)

negatively / positively

b)

positively / negatively

c)

positively/ positively

d)

negatively/ negatively

9.
W
a)
Axon Terminal Button
b)
Neurotransmitters
c)
Dendrite
d)
Synapse
10.
What is the gap between the axon terminal of one neuron and the dendrite of the next neuron called?
a)
Synapse
b)
Node of Ranvier
c)
Joint
d)
Neuromuscular Junction
11.

What is the most important factor required to maintain membrane potential

a)

A reactive sodium pore

b)

The sodium potassium pump

c)

The release of neurotransmitters at the synaptic terminal

d)

the the movement of water from high to low concentrations over the neuron's membrane

12.

To aid in the transmission of an impulse, neurotransmitters are secreted

a)

along an axon

b)

by a dendrite

c)

by a cyton

d)

into a synapse

13.

Repolarization is part of Action potential. Which of the following best describes repolarization.

a)

Repolarization is the rebuilding of the sodium potassium pump.

b)

Repolariztion is the change in membrane potential that returns it to a negative value (internally).

c)

Repolariztion is the change in membrane potential that returns it to a positive value (internally) by opening Sodium pores.

d)

Repolariztion is the flip-flop in membrane potential that changes charges between the nucleus and the cytoplasm of the neuron.

14.

The sodium potassium pump...

a)

is energy (ATP) free as sodium and potassium move in and out by diffusion as needed

b)

moves 3 sodium ions into the neuron and 3 potassium out only if ATP is present

c)

moves 3 sodium in to the neuron and 2 potassium without energy from ATP

d)

moves 3 sodium out of the neuron and 2 potassium into the neuron only if there is energy from ATP

15.

The depolarization of a spot on the neurons membrane begins with

a)

the closing of sodium gates

b)

the opening of sodium gates

c)

the opening of potassium gates

d)

the closing of the potassium gates

16.

When the sodium gates (pores) open during depolarization sodium ions will ...

a)

go in and out of the neuron freely

b)

flood into the neuron approx. 5000 times faster

c)

flood out of the neuron approx. 5000 times faster

d)

goes out 3/2 times faster as potassium comes in

17.

Before an action potential moves to the next neuron it must release

a)

sodium into the synapse

b)

positive protons into the synapse

c)

neurotransmitters into the synapse

d)

negative electrons in to the synapse

18.

Once action potential occurs at one spot on the neuron's membrane it...

a)

causes the immediate release of neurotransmitters

b)

stops action potential at the adjacent spots

c)

causes depolarization in adjacent membrane

d)

causes repolarization in the adjacent membrane

19.

nerve impulses work by...

a)

moving electricity from the axon to the dendrites

b)

quickly pumping sodium form the dendrites to the axon

c)

moving neurotransmitters from the cell body to the axon terminal

d)

spreading of a changing membrane potential over the membrane of the neuron

20.

The axon hillock is the are of the cell body that

a)

Allows massive amounts of sodium to flood out of the cell body.

b)

Speeds up all electrochemical impulses (action potential) that are moving down the axon

c)

Controls the initiation chemical impulse down the axon after processing the strength of incoming signals.

d)

Moves chemical impulse down the dendrites after processing the strength of incoming signals form other neurons